Everyone’s favorite Boat Daddy, Captain Lee Rosbach, is back on our screens, but instead of driving mega yachts on reality TV series Below Deck, he’s here to give the audience a tour of exotic locales—and deadly accidents that happened there on the high seas. Lee introduces us to the stories of various ill-fated seamen and […]
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Crip Camp traces the difficult road to disabled rights
Crip Camp What’s it rated? R When? 2020 Where’s it showing? Netflix I first heard about Crip Camp on a podcast that discusses documentaries, and not only did it sound like a wonderfully touching film, but it was executive produced by Barack and Michelle Obama, so I knew as soon as this came across one […]
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Novocaine is sweet, funny, bloody fun
Novocaine What’s it rated? R What’s it worth, Anna? Full price What’s it worth, Glen? Full price Where’s it showing? Regal Edwards RPX Santa Maria, Movies Lompoc, Regal Edwards Arroyo Grande Co-directors Dan Berk and Robert Olsen bring Lars Jacobson’s action comedy to the screen about Nathan “Nate” Caine (Jack Quaid), an introverted bank executive […]
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Mickey 17 broadly satirizes capitalism and cult of personality
Mickey 17 What’s it rated? R What’s it worth, Anna? Full price What’s it worth, Glen? Full price Where’s it showing? Regal Edwards RPX Santa Maria, Movies Lompoc, Regal Edwards Arroyo Grande Writer-director Bong Joon-ho (Parasite, Snowpiercer, The Host) adapts Ashton Edward’s 2022 sci-fi novel Mickey7 to the big screen, with Robert Pattinson as Mickey […]
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High Potential turns the police procedural on its ear
High Potential What’s it rated? TV-14 When? 2024-present Where’s it showing? Hulu Kaitlin Olson stars in this comedy series that follows single mom of three Morgan Gillory as she navigates a new career with the LAPD after the department learns of her high IQ and knack for solving crime. Olson is always funny, in that […]
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Last Breath is harrowing tale of survival against impossible odds
Last Breath What’s it rated? PG-13 What’s it worth, Anna? Full price What’s it worth, Glen? Full price Where’s it showing? Regal Edwards RPX Santa Maria, Movies Lompoc, Fair Oaks, Regal Edwards Arroyo Grande Alex Parkinson directs this story he co-wrote with Mitchell LaFortune and David Brooks based on his 2019 documentary he co-directed with […]
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American Murder: Gabby Petito explores a tragic case of intimate partner violence
American Murder: Gabby Petito What’s it rated? TV-MA When? 2025 Where’s it showing? Netflix All of us true crime fans knew it was coming: the painful tale of Gabby Petito’s final days and the gruesome discovery of who was behind her death. However, Netflix storytelling shines here, focusing much of the three-part series on who […]
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The Monkey is a blood-splattered black comedy
The Monkey What’s it rated? R What’s it worth, Anna? Full price What’s it worth, Glen? Full price Where’s it showing? Regal Edwards RPX Santa Maria, Movies Lompoc, Regal Edwards Arroyo Grande Writer-director Osgood Perkins (Longlegs) adapts for the big screen Steven King’s 1980 short story about a supernatural murderous mechanical monkey inherited by twin […]
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Apple Cider Vinegar is an infuriating tale of deception
Apple Cider Vinegar What’s it rated? TV-MA When? 2025 Where’s it showing? Netflix I was familiar with Australian wellness guru Belle Gibson. Not because I’m a follower of alternative medicine influencers, but because of the wake of her scandal and the many podcasts that followed. Gibson claims to have survived brain cancer, claims to still […]
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The Gorge is sci-fi horror rom com-drama action flick
The Gorge What’s it rated? PG-13 What’s it worth, Anna? Streaming What’s it worth, Glen? Streaming Where’s it showing? Apple TV+ Scott Derrickson (Doctor Strange, The Black Phone) directs Zach Dean’s (Deadfall, The Tomorrow War) script about two highly trained snipers—Levi (Miles Teller) and Drasa (Anya Taylor-Joy)—stationed on either side of a vast crevice containing […]
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Love Hurts is violent, romantic, silly, implausible fun
Love Hurts What’s it rated? R What’s it worth, Anna? Full price What’s it worth, Glen? Full price Where’s it showing? Regal Edwards Santa Maria and RPX, Movies Lompoc, Regal Edwards Arroyo Grande In his directorial debut, former stuntman Jonathan Eusebio directs this action comedy about mild-mannered real estate agent Marvin Gable (Ke Huy Quan), […]
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Companion is a thought-provoking horror gem
Companion What’s it rated? R What’s it worth, Anna? Full price What’s it worth, Glen? Full price Where’s it showing? Regal Edwards RPX Santa Maria, Movies Lompoc, Regal Edwards Arroyo Grande First, it would be better for you to go into his movie cold, and we highly recommend you do, so stop reading and just […]
